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Gardening

Retrograde

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7. Another Rutgers fan!

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 11:10 PM

Jun 2013

It's my choice for a general purpose tomato. In addition to Rutgers, I have some bush Brandywines, Striped Stuffer (looks like a pepper but tastes like a tomato), Abe Lincoln, New Yorker, an unknown variety I call Stephanie's Orange because I got the seeds from my friend Stephanie and it's orange. I also have Principe Borghese which are still in their seed pots. And tomatillos.

Not enough sun and heat for peppers in my yard, sadly, and some years even the tomatoes are marginal. But a garden makes one optimistic...

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My tomato list for '13 [View all] Botany May 2013 OP

Well done! You don't want to see my tomato list.... NRaleighLiberal May 2013 #1

when i saw my first patch was >70% wilt I was pissed .... Botany May 2013 #4

Sounds wonderful! femmocrat May 2013 #2

lots of places now have good heirloom tomato plants for sale to the public now Botany May 2013 #3

Yes, I'll check. Thanks. femmocrat May 2013 #5

Buy local if possible but I have found that Lowes has some really good strains of tomatoes Botany May 2013 #6

Another Rutgers fan! Retrograde Jun 2013 #7

Give me a rutgers over an early girl, a big boy, or a beef steak any day. Botany Jun 2013 #8

Yep, good list. I always grow Black Krim and can't imagine a better tasting tomato. This year I wiggs Jun 2013 #9

Cultivated "Geronimo" from seed for use as "storage tomatoes" Kolesar Jun 2013 #10